St Gabriel's RC Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
St Gabriel's RC Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Gabriel's RC Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Gabriel's RC Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
St Gabriel's RC Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 127 pupils, an average class size of 21.2 and 15.3 pupils per teacher.
34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.6% in 2024/25, and 18.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 48% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Gabriel's RC Primary School are Preston Tower Primary School (0.2 miles), Sanderson's Wynd Primary School (1.3 miles), Blindwells Primary School (1.3 miles) and Cockenzie Primary School (1.3 miles).
Preston Tower Primary SchoolSanderson's Wynd Primary SchoolBlindwells Primary SchoolCockenzie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Prestonpans Rail Station, about 520 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Northfield House (opposite), 130 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Gabriel's RC Primary School are Preston Lodge High School (0.5 miles), Rosehill High School (1.3 miles) and Ross High School (1.5 miles).
Preston Lodge High SchoolRosehill High SchoolRoss High School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Gabriel's RC Primary School in June 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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St Gabriel's RC Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Gabriel's RC Primary School
When was St Gabriel's RC Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Gabriel's RC Primary School in June 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Gabriel's RC Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Gabriel's RC Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Gabriel's RC Primary School?
If you live in St Gabriel's RC Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Gabriel's RC Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Gabriel's RC Primary School?
St Gabriel's RC Primary School is at South Grange Avenue, Prestonpans, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH32 9LH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)